Matthew Bramlett

A Fullerton man died this morning after getting into a fight with a cab driver, fleeing police in another vehicle and crashing into a house.

An El Monte police officer is currently under investigation after being accused of raping a trans woman while on duty.

In tonight's Extra, Extra, The A.V. Club tours popular L.A. television spots, The Republicans are in a bit of a jam, a pit bull attacks, Hal Needham dies and Conrad Murray is getting out of jail. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. You can also find us on Pinterest, Storify, Foursquare, and Instagram (laistpics).

A 15-year-old Downey boy has been arrested by authorities on suspicion of murder after he reportedly confessed to killing his father.

That ban on foie gras? Still in effect after judges upheld the law outlawing the controversial delicacy.

The L.A. City Council today tentatively agreed to lift the decade-long mural moratorium banning the art-form on privately owned buildings.

Two people arrested Tuesday night over a plot to kidnap and kill law enforcement officers in the Las Vegas area have ties to California.

It's Wednesday, so celebrate the middle of the week with this five fine events happening across the L.A. area tonight.

Wentworth Miller, star of popular mid-aughts television drama "Prison Break," publicly came out as gay in a letter to organizers of the St. Petersburg Film Festival in Russia.

You don't have to waste gas driving to Sonoma or Santa Barbara to get your wine on. Los Angeles has a multitude of wonderful and relatively inexpensive wine tastings that should satisfy your palate, whether you're a wine aficionado or novice.

Happy Friday, Angelenos! Come celebrate the middle of the month with these exciting performances and galleries happening across town tonight. Groove to tunes by Jann Klose and Yellow Red Sparks, garner an appreciation of local punks at the UCLA Hammer Museum, and celebrate the miracle of fatherhood at NerdMelt with Dan Levy.

A Los Angeles couple has been jailed in Qatar since January 15 and are accused of intentionally starving their adopted daughter to death.